OpenAI Considers $500 Billion Valuation in Employee Share Sale
OpenAI is in discussions for a secondary stock sale that could value the company at $500 billion, allowing employees to sell shares.
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OpenAI is in discussions for a secondary stock sale that could value the company at $500 billion, allowing employees to sell shares.
August, an AI platform for midsize law firms, has raised $7 million in a funding round led by NEA and Pear VC, with participation from notable investors including OpenAI's David Azose.
Clay, a New York-based AI-driven marketing startup, has raised $100 million in a funding round led by CapitalG, valuing the company at $3.1 billion.
Rifa AI has raised $1.1 million in funding led by Seaborne Capital to enhance its voice AI solutions for regulated industries and expand operations in North America.
METiS Technologies has completed a RMB 400 million Series D financing round, co-led by Beijing Medical and Health Industry Investment Fund and Daxing Industrial Investment Fund, to advance its AI-driven nanodelivery platform.
OpenMind, a Silicon Valley robotics startup, has raised $20 million in a funding round led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Coinbase Ventures and others, to develop a decentralized operating system for robots.
Legal AI startup Harvey has achieved $100 million in annual recurring revenue, driven by a significant increase in user engagement and customer base expansion.
PhnyX Lab has raised $4 million in a seed funding round led by SK Networks, with participation from notable investors like Aidan Gomez and Illia Polosukhin.
BingX Labs marks its first anniversary with $16 million in strategic investments in Web3 and AI projects, fostering innovation and partnerships.
VAST Data is negotiating a new funding round with CapitalG and NVIDIA, potentially valuing the company at $30 billion.
2X has acquired Outbound Funnel, a consultancy specializing in AI-powered sales engagement, to expand its revenue operations capabilities. This acquisition strengthens 2X's position in the go-to-market technology services sector.
Caseflood, a California-based startup, has raised $3.2 million to enhance its AI voice agents for legal client intake, according to a press release by Global Newswire.
Salesforce and ServiceNow are set to invest $750 million each in Genesys, valuing the AI-powered customer contact center software company at approximately $15 billion, according to Bloomberg.
Legion Security has raised $30 million in a Series A funding round to advance its AI-driven Security Operations Center platform, aiming to automate threat investigations and address staffing shortages.
Knit has raised $16.1 million in Series A funding to enhance its AI-powered consumer research platform, according to a press release. The funding round was led by GFT Ventures and Sound Ventures.
Noma Security has raised $100 million in a Series B funding round led by Evolution Equity Partners, aiming to expand its AI agent security platform.
Saphyre has secured a $70 million growth equity investment from FTV Capital to enhance its AI-powered financial services platform.
Stockholm-based AI startup Tzafon has raised €8.3 million in pre-seed funding to enhance its computational capabilities and launch its new AI agent, Lightcone.
Metaforms has raised $9 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-driven market research automation platform, aiming to triple its team and broaden its capabilities.
French AI startup Mistral is in discussions to raise $1 billion, aiming for a $10 billion valuation to enhance its competitive edge against US and Chinese tech giants.